Medusa gets ‘Earnest’

Wilde adaptation stars Dench, Everett, Firth

CANNES — Leading Italian distributor Medusa Film has picked up all rights for the territory from Good Machine Intl. to Oliver Parker’s Oscar Wilde adaptation “The Importance of Being Earnest.”

Now shooting in Britain with Judi Dench, Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Frances O’Connor and Reese Witherspoon, the deal marks the second Parker-directed Oscar Wilde adaptation to be distributed by Medusa: The Italian company handled the successful release of “An Ideal Husband.”